Elevator-hood.



E. O. DROEGEMEIER.

ELEVATOR HOOD. APPLICATION 211.21) 11:12.0, 1911.

1,020,542, Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPN (7-D- WASNINHTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST 0. DROEGEMEIER, 0F ELLSWORTH, KANSAS.

ELEVATOR-HOOD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST O. DROEGE- MEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevator- Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in elevator hoods, and my object is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character to prevent waste of grain discharged from header elevators during windy weather.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a header elevator provided with my improved 'hood. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

A designates a broken upper end of a header elevator for conducting the heads of grain, clover, etc., to a header-box or other receptacle, (not shown).

1 designates a shaft extending transversely across the discharge end of elevator A, and mounted in a pair of bearings 2, secured to opposite sides of the elevator.

2 designates a plurality of tines fixed at intervals to shaft 1, between bearings 2.

3 designates a disk fixed to shaft 1 and frictionally engaging the circular head of the adjacent bearing 2.

4 designates an expansion spring embracing one end of shaft 1 and interposed between the adjacent bearing, last-mentioned, and a nut 5, engaging the threaded terminal 6 of shaft 1, and adapted to be held in any of its adjusted positions by a nut-lock 5. By adjusting nut 5 toward or away from the adjacent bearing 2, the tension of spring 4 is regulated to obtain the desired friction between bearing 2 and disk 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 606,961.

In windy weather the tines 2 are lowered to the position disclosed by full lines, Fig. 1, to direct the grain discharging from the elevator A, into the header-box. Should the grain become choked between the end of the elevator and the tines 1, it can be readily removed by inserting a pitchfork between said tines, and pushing the grain downward into the header-box. On calm days when there is no wind, the tines 2" can be swung upward to the dotted positions, shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction of my invention, I do not limit myself to the exact arrangement of parts disclosed, but reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination, with a header elevator, a bearing extending upwardly from each side of said elevator, one of the bearings having a head, a shaft having its ends journaled in said bearings, a disk between the bearings rigidly mounted on said shaft for engagement with the inner face of said head of said bearing, a nut on said shaft, a coil spring surrounding the shaft having one end abutting said head of said bearing and its opposite end abutting said nut and a series of tines on said shaft.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST O. DROEGEMEIER.

Wvitnesses LEWIS WV. DROEGEMEIER, CORNELIUS DROEGEMEIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

